Conditioning Fighter pilots train countless hours, constantly repeating procedures and exercises in order to react instinctively in battle; their reactions honed to be conditioned reflexes. Anything can become a habit, second nature, if we put the needed time…
Amazing Grace Sunday: February 18, 2007 Two hundred years ago, British politician William Wilberforce and his band of loyal friends took on the most powerful forces of their day to end the slave trade. His mentor was John Newton, the slave-trader-turned-song-writer, who wrote the world's…
Making THE PASSION Personal What would it really have been like to walk with Jesus through His final hours, to experience what we now call the Passion? Today and every day, God the Father extends an invitation; to school teachers and bright-eyed children, preachers and…
Author: Matt Redman
Content vs. Engagement "Content" and "Engagement". These are two phrases that often come to mind when I'm thinking about congregational worship songs. Some songs very much take the "content" route - perhaps like many of the old hymns, which are packed full of biblical…
Author: Bob Kilpatrick
How To Write A Really Mediocre Song What NOT to do in writing a worship song. Bob Kilpatrick's comical look at common pitfalls to avoid in songwriting.
Author: Mike Pilavachi
God Centered Here is the question that has challenged me recently. How many songs do we sing that are just about God and do not bring us into the story. How much is God not only the object but also the centre of our worship? I am sure we need to sing more songs…
Creativity And The Arts Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in…
Author: Tom Lane
Band In Conflict!? In seminars and conferences around the world I hear from leaders and band members many of the same ?'s regarding how to deal with conflicts. So I thought I'd spend some lines on the subject.
Author: Tim Hughes
Transforming Worship A few years ago I met a retired Anglican Bishop, from South Africa. As we talked he told me about his retirement plans. He'd been unsure for months as to what the future would hold, but he kept on praying, "Lord show me what it is that I can do,…
Author: Mike Busbee
Less Is More Traditionally, the piano player has been responsible for fulfilling a majority of the musical roles. It has not been uncommon for that individual to also fill the roles of drummer and bass player; a trio packaged as one. This phenomenon has led to…
Noel Richards DR 43,000 people gathered at Wembley in June 1997. Looking back at that, why do you think that was important, and how do you feel about it from a distance of two years?
Journey Into Worship I often get asked, 'how did I 'get into worship leading'? The question always sounds a little strange to me, as if somewhere along the line I'd made some kind of smart career move, like 'getting into' share dealing or politics.
